by Tony Conner | Nov 29, 2023 | Lesson
Paint Winter Trees In A Stark Winter Landscape WHAT YOU’LL LEARN How to create a simple, strong two value composition Practice mixing useful neutral color mixtures to keep the scene lively even though it is a gray winter day Use a value composition along with lively...
by Tony Conner | Nov 10, 2023 | Skill
LOGIN To Access This Lesson How To Paint Shiny Ornaments In Watercolor It’s all about the reflections WHAT YOU’LL LEARN Using hard-edged texture for distinct reflections The important placement of light-dark contrasts The few ‘rules’ for painting...
by Tony Conner | Oct 6, 2023 | Skill
Paint A Late Winter Sky In Watercolor Loose Handling Of Basic Techniques Creates A Sky With Light and Atmosphere Watercolor is the PERFECT medium for creating great looking skies in your paintings. The key is to handle it well – meaning handling it loosely and giving...
by Tony Conner | Sep 29, 2023 | Skill
Paint An Evening Sky and Clouds In Watercolor Evening skies are warmer than daytime, but the colors are tricky. So are the clouds when the sun is low in the sky or even below the horizon. This lesson shows you how to get the right colors in the sky and to light the...
by Tony Conner | Sep 21, 2023 | Skill
Paint An Evening Sky – Wet In Wet The wet-in-wet technique is the most important and most basic watercolor painting technique. Use it in this lesson to make quick work of an evening sky in late fall. Just for fun, we’ll add a late fall landscape and try to...
